He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
LIVYLaw is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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